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Oh yeah, that too.
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When the pres was flipping through his handy WW3 book, I kept waiting for "Wait, before I pick out a bombing package, shouldn't we know who to bomb first? Wouldn't China's be much different than Russia's which would be much different from North Korea's?"

 



I think that point was covered. It didn’t really matter. What mattered is handicapping those who would take advantage of the opportunity. With a severely wounded US there other can go on the offensive unchecked.

Even if Russia wasn’t the source, the first missile likely isn’t the last. If Chicago/DC/ Philly were nuked, Russia might see that as a chance to go on the offensive before they get blamed for it and get attacked.

Prez needs to provide a response that hinders Russian capability whether they were the source or not. You can take our critical infrastructure (low loss of like, big handicap) or focus on military assets (limit strike capability) or go for biggest loss of life impact (eye for an eye). The US predicts Russia senses weakness and may decide to take a swing. Hit Russia and let everyone else know, now is not the time.

Or same story for whatever superpower you think has the biggest risk benefit balance. It doesn’t have to be the correct target at first, it just needs to be justifiable. If you strike NK and it was Russias fault, you can pass the blame then destroy Russia.

Or pick a package that wounds all the major powers. Hit NK / China / Russia all at one time. Nobody gets an advantage if they are all wounded. Then it is a race to recovery before anyone can invade anyone else.


 

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